Auburn California-1939: Several Chicks In A Box

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationAuburn, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Several Chicks In A Box — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie clip captures a close-up of numerous fluffy yellow chicks huddled together inside a brown cardboard box with ventilation holes. The chicks are active, shifting and pecking gently as they nestle in the dimly lit interior. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays warm color tones, natural grain, and a nostalgic, documentary-style quality characteristic of home movies from the late 1930s. This archival clip offers a charming glimpse into rural life and animal care during the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127013123

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Auburn, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing rural animal care, chicks, poultry, or domestic farm-life cutaways.
Period detail: The cardboard poultry box, warm 8mm color, and close framing may show small-scale animal handling in late-1930s Auburn, California.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays close as the chicks shift, peck, and crowd together, preserving an informal observation of everyday animal care.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow chicks, a brown cardboard box, ventilation holes, dark interior space, straw-like packing, and warm film grain.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, warm exposure, visible grain, and slight handheld variation typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: Editors could use this as an insert, rural-life cutaway, animal-care detail, or gentle memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates young poultry in a simple transport or holding box without showing people, brands, or a larger farm setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any property or contextual rights should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1930s 8mm chicks in box, Auburn California home movie poultry, vintage baby chickens, and rural animal care footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Auburn or 1939 material, then related poultry, farm animal, or rural home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Several yellow chicks huddle inside a cardboard poultry box in 1939 Auburn, California 8mm home-movie footage. — Chicks cluster together in a cardboard box, with small ventilation holes visible along the front.

A close view shows yellow chicks shifting in a cardboard box during the Auburn, California home-movie clip. — The chicks press and turn within the box as the camera holds a tight view.

Yellow chicks fill both sides of a divided cardboard box in this 1939 Auburn, California 8mm frame. — A dense cluster of chicks fills the divided box, with the front edge and air holes visible.

The final frame shows chicks huddled in an open cardboard box, consistent with 1939 Auburn home-movie footage. — Chicks gather along the front of the open box while others stand near the back edge.

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